The fact that the Blue Jays are one of the most swing-happy teams in the majors isn’t what freaks me out. What is troubling is that their contact rate is one of the lowest in baseball.

It’s one thing if the Jays lineup was comprised of nine Vladimir Guerrero’s. Out of all the hitters in baseball, Vladdy swings at the most pitches off the plate. However, he makes contact with those pitches 71.4 percent of the time, often for bloop singles which fielders have a tough time reading.

And just in case you were wondering, Alex Gonzalez ranked third in MLB for swinging at pitches outside the strike zone at 43.8 percent of the time.

I had a sneaking suspicion that Gonzalez has been swinging all over the place, and these stats confirm his insatiable hunger for pitches off the plate.

Hat tip to Bredan Wiese (@bwiese16) for the heads up and Fangraphs for all the statistics.

Ian has been writing about the Toronto Blue Jays since 2007. He enjoyed the tail-end of the Roy Halladay era and vividly remembers the Alex Rodriguez “mine” incident. He’ll also retell the story of Game 5 of the ALDS to his kids for the next 20 years.